Armenia
Ex-member of Armenian ruling party elected to Constitutional Court amidst concerns of bias
Vladimir Vardanyan’s candidacy raised concerns about his impartiality, given his former membership in the Civil Contract party.
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Armenian parliament votes to remove three judges from Constitutional Court
Armenia’s parliament has passed a bill that will remove three judges from the Constitutional Court. The amendments will also remove Hrayr Tovmasyan, widely regarded as being close to the previous government, from his position as Chair. The bill, co-authored by several MPs from the ruling My Step faction, was put on the floor of the parliament in an extraordinary session on 22 June and was passed after two hearings. According to the bill, Hrayr Tovmasyan will be removed as Chair of the Consti
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Former Deputy Chief of Staff of Armenia’s Parliament released from detention
On 12 November, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia announced that Arsen Babayan, former Deputy Chief of Staff of Armenia’s National Assembly who had been under arrest since 21 October for fraud and ‘colluding to usurp power’ has been released. Babayan’s indictment stems from a lawsuit brought by independent MP Arman Babajanyan to the General Prosecutor’s Office on 4 October. In the lawsuit, still ongoing, Babajanyan claims that embattled constitutional court chair Hrayr Tovmasya
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Armenian security service questions family of constitutional court chair
The father and two daughters of embattled constitutional court chair Hrayr Tovmasyan, who was recently accused of ‘seizing state power’, have been questioned by Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS). The NSS called the three in for questioning on 18 October, according to them to answer questions that emerged from a preliminary investigation into Tovmasyan. The family’s lawyers were not fully informed about the reason for the questions or what kind of case the NSS had launched prior
